- Date
- November 12, 1978
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1588GCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781112035119A
- Case key
- 144026
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3287 78/11/12 WICHITA FALLS,TX CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2300 N1588G PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 58, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX PUEBLO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1588G
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1588GRegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2003 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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Other investigations on N1588G · 1
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